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2019-05-05
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David Wales
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Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea

James O. Brayman (1815 - 1887)

There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of the nature of Romance, does not exercise the same influence upon the mind or heart. When there are noble purposes and noble ends connected with them, they excite in the mind of the reader, noble impulses. The object of the present compilation [1852] is to form a readable and instructive volume--a volume of startling incident and exciting adventure, which shall interest all minds, and by its attractions beget thirst for reading… - Book Preface

Genre(s): History, Nature, Travel & Geography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface David Wales
 00:02:54
Play 01 Incident at Resaca de la Palma; True Heroism; Thrilling Incident; Incident in the War of Mexican Independence David Wales
 00:27:33
Play 02 Sketch from Life on the Ocean David Wales
 00:23:42
Play 03 Escape from Shipwreck; The Hunter's Wife David Wales
 00:34:11
Play 04 Deaf Smith, the Texan Spy; Escape from a Shark; Adventure with Pirates David Wales
 00:32:26
Play 05 A Sea-Fowling Adventure; Adventure with a Cobra di Capello; Combat of Wild Animals; Perilous Incident on a Canadian River; A Whale Chase David Wales
 00:30:06
Play 06 Leopard Hunting And Adventures With Buffaloes And Lions; Hunting the White Rhinoceros, Lion, Buffalo, and Giraffe; A Leopard Hunt; Life in California David Wales
 00:33:43
Play 07 A Storm among the Icebergs; Fall of the Rossberg; The Rifleman of Chippewa; Shipwreck of the Blendenhall David Wales
 00:30:43
Play 08 Adventures of Sergeant Champe In His Attempt To Capture Arnold David Wales
 00:27:57
Play 09 Adventures with Pirates; Kenton, the Spy David Wales
 00:36:12
Play 10 The Dying Volunteer, An Incident Of Molino Del Rey; Escape from a Mexican Quicksand By Captain Mayne Reid David Wales
 00:27:11
Play 11 Charged by a Rhinoceros; Burning of the Erie; Conflict with an Indian; Fire on the Prairies; The Captain's Story David Wales
 00:37:52
Play 12 Tussle with a Wildcat; Incident in Frontier Life; Female Intrepidity; Encounter with Robbers; Shipwreck of the Monticello David Wales
 00:31:38
Play 13 A Jungle Recollection; Attack of Boonesborough; Thrilling Incidents of Battle; Family Attacked by Indians David Wales
 00:31:55
Play 14 Thrilling Incident; Adventures of Dr. Bacon David Wales
 00:24:07
Play 15 A Battle with Snakes; Estill's Defeat; Incident at Niagara Falls; Skater chased by a Wolf; Our Flag on the Rocky Mountains; Running the Canon David Wales
 00:31:47
Play 16 The Rescue; Shipwreck of the Medusa David Wales
 00:30:15
Play 17 Hunting the Moose; Perilous Escape from Death; Fire in the Forest; Pirates of the Red Sea David Wales
 00:30:44
Play 18 General Jackson and Weatherford; Cruise of the Saldanha and Talbot; A Carib's Revenge; Massacre of Fort Mimms; The Freshet David Wales
 00:25:16
Play 19 The Panther's Den; Adventure with Elephants; The Shark Sentinel; Hunting the Tiger David Wales
 00:28:16
Play 20 Indian Devil; Bear Fight; The Miners of Bois-Monzil David Wales
 00:28:43
Play 21 Ship Towed to Land by Bullocks; Destruction of a Ship by a Whale; Burning of the Kent David Wales
 00:16:23